Reflections on the Divine Comedy and the philosophical foundations that Dante created for the Florentine Renaissance, through unifying the Greek and the Hebrew traditions into a comprehensive cosmology - and blending the old with the current.

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A look at Sordello&#39;s most famous Poem, and how Dante draws inspiration from it in his description of the Valley of Princes in Canto VII of the Purgatory.Enjoy!

Sordello's Poem "Blacatz", and its echo in The Valley of Princes

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Brief reflection on the third terrace in Purgatory. 
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Meditation #1 - Dante's entry into the Terrace of Anger

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In Canto 29 of Paradiso Dante describes the when, where and why of the Creation of Angels.
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The Creation of the Angels

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In just seven tercets, Dante inverts the model of the Universe from the material to the conceptual, and describes the origin and source of Motion and Time itself.
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The First Mover - and Motion

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From the 8th sphere in Paradiso!
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The Keys to Entering Heaven - the Pilgrim is Examined

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How Dante connects Seraphims and Cherubims with the Franciscan and Dominican Orders, as two major defining elements of the Divine and Theology itself, in the sphere of the Sun.

Love and Wisdom, in the Sphere of the Sun

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The moment when the Poem is born.
From John Ciardi&#39;s translation of the Divine Comedy.

The Birth of the Divine Comedy

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A suggestion for interpreting the number &#34;515&#34; at the end of Purgatory.
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The Mystery of Beatrice's Prophecy

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Highlights and reflections on Chapter 5.

Enter Emperor Justinian. Canto 5 in Paradiso.

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Looking at the great translation of the Divine Comedy by John D. Sinclair from the 1940s.

Paradiso, Canto 1. Reading and commentary.

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We&#39;ve just started a group reading in our community on <a href="https://reddit.com/r/dantescomedy" rel="nofollow">https://reddit.com/r/dantescomedy</a> - and would like to welcome everyone to join in!

Group Reading of Paradiso - Welcome!

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Free will, and adjusting Misguided Loves

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Reflections on Poem 15 from Purgatory – the Poem of Light.


Episode 12 – The Canto of Light

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Reflections on the first four Terraces, the psychological process on each level, and the role and nature of Art ant the Artist.


Episode 11 – Creativity, Renewal, and the First Day on the Terraces

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Reflection on Canto 28-33 in Purgatory. A unity of personal and general Revelation with Scripture, and Beatrice.


Episode 10 – The symbolism of The Earthly Paradise

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Reflections on Purgatory 9 and 10, the threshold into what Dante saw as the symbolic Church Life, and apprehending the Divine Arts with Humility.


Episode 9 – Purgatory as Process, and the Divine Arts.

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Reflections on Canto 9 and Canto 2, in Purgatorio.


Episode 8 – Lady Philosophy, and the Participatory Nature of Purgatorio

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Reflections on canto 7, and some descriptions of the person Dante by his late-contemporary fellow writers Boccaccio and Petrarch, coming one generation after him in Florence and Arezzo.


Episode 7 – Dante as a Person

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Episode 6 – The Comedy and Eastern Theology.

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How the twin Portal of the Moon opens a material and spiritual experience, simultaneously.


Episode 5 – The Portal into the Heavens, with the Moon.

Reflections on the Divine Comedy and the philosophical foundations that Dante created for the Florentine Renaissance, through unifying the Greek and the Hebrew traditions into a comprehensive cosmology - and blending the old with the current.